{"id":1753,"date":"2012-05-03T14:16:21","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T18:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=1753"},"modified":"2020-11-04T17:00:40","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T22:00:40","slug":"response-to-niagara-hospital-consolidation-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/response-to-niagara-hospital-consolidation-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"<FONT COLOR=\"#E00000\">RELEASE: <\/FONT> Response to Niagara Hospital Consolidation Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(May 3, 2012)<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 4\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Niagara Health System\u2019s government-appointed Supervisor Kevin Smith has released an interim report recommending hospital restructuring in Niagara, including the closure of all the local hospitals outside of St. Catharines and the eventual construction of a new \u201cmega hospital\u201d. 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